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Ezra 8

Ezra 8:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These are now the chief
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and this is the genealogy
yachas (Hebrew #3187)
to sprout; used only as denominative from 3188; to enroll by pedigree
KJV usage: (number after, number throughout the) genealogy (to be reckoned), be reckoned by genealogies.
Pronounce: yaw-khas'
Origin: a primitive root
of them that went up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
with me from Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
, in the reign
malkuwth (Hebrew #4438)
or (in plural) malkuyah {mal-koo-yah'}; from 4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion
KJV usage: empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mal-kooth'
Origin: or malkuth {mal-kooth'}
of Artaxerxes
'Artachshashta' (Hebrew #783)
or by permutation gArtachshactu {ar-takh-shast'}; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
KJV usage: Artaxerxes.
Pronounce: ar-takh-shash-taw'
Origin: or mArtachshasht {ar-takh- shasht'}
the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
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Artaxerxes,
Babylon,
Census,
Fathers,
Genealogy,
King

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-14:  The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon.
15-20:  He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple.
21-23:  He keeps a fast.
24-30:  He commits the treasures to the custody of the priests.
31-32:  From Ahava they come to Jerusalem.
33-35:  The treasure is weighed in the temple.
36:  The commission is delivered.
the chief.
Ezra 1:5• 5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:5)
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1 Chron. 9:34• 34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. (1 Chron. 9:34)
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1 Chron. 24:31• 31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. (1 Chron. 24:31)
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1 Chron. 26:32• 32And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. (1 Chron. 26:32)
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2 Chron. 26:12• 12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. (2 Chron. 26:12)
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Neh. 7:70‑71• 70And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
 71And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. (Neh. 7:70‑71)
genealogy.
Ezra 2:62• 62These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. (Ezra 2:62)
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1 Chron. 4:33• 33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. (1 Chron. 4:33)
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1 Chron. 9:1• 1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. (1 Chron. 9:1)
them that went up.
Ezra 7:7,13• 7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
 13I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. (Ezra 7:7,13)
• Chapters 7 and 8 should be read together, forming as they do a continuous narrative, of which chapter 7:1-10 is the preface or introduction. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 7” by E. Dennett)
• In chapter 8:1-14 we have a catalog of those who voluntarily availed themselves of the royal permission to go up from Babylon with Ezra. All these having been assembled by "the river that runneth to Ahava," Ezra, finding that none of the sons of Levi were there, took measures to secure "ministers for the house of our God" (vv. 15-20). All being thus prepared, two things follow: first, fasting and supplication before God (vv. 21-23), second, the appointment of twelve of the chief of the priests to take charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels which had been offered for "the house of our God" (vv. 24-30). Last, we have the journey, and the arrival at Jerusalem, together with the necessary preparations for the commencement of Ezra's work (vv. 31-36). (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 7” by E. Dennett)
• This genealogy reaches to the end of verse 14, and it shows how precious to God were the very names of those who responded to His call at such a moment. The response itself is the fruit of His grace; but in the exercise of that same grace He is pleased to impute to His people that which He Himself had produced in their hearts. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 8” by E. Dennett)
• Another Persian king, identified as Artaxerxes Longimanus (B.C. 474-434), son of Xerxes, the Ahasuerus of Esther. He greatly favored both Ezra and Nehemiah; he beautified the temple or bore the expense of its being done (Ezra 7:27), and under his protection the wall of the city was finished (Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:1-21; Ezra 8:1; Neh. 2:1; Neh. 5:14; Neh. 13:6). (“Artaxerxes” by G. Morrish)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.